1979 Ronald L. Mumme 2 Melanerpes formicivorus Westgate Hastings Reservation 25 June Start watch at 0800. Yesterday Walt had found a nest with three dead 15-day old babies at School Hill West, and he presumed that the nest had belonged to Westgate. He had seen Westgate birds fooling around up there a few weeks ago. 0850 Unbanded ♂ briefly in sycamore west of the gate sycamore. 1000, Three birds seen, NB ♂, NBR, and another male which I think is missing most of his left foot and leg.!! Perhaps it is ♂'58, since he was banded by the MacRoberts with their too small metal bands. Indeed, ♂'58's metal band was on the lower left leg!! Hmm. I saw this mystery bird perched on a horizontal limb nearby briefly, and I think the green band remained on his left leg, but it could be wrong. In fact, I could be wrong about all this. I'll have to ask Walt what the characteristics of the School Hill west nest were. Perhaps Westgate holes were unsuitable for a one footed bird, hence the move to School Hill west!! Interesting idea, but probably total bull shit. Need to watch here some more to check this out. End 1045. Checking with Walt later, School Hill west appears to be a legitimate group. Oh well, that blows my theory. 26 June Watched roosting here tonight, seeing three birds roost in the "west" sycamore. The hole was the top hole of an WWA near-vertical stub in the center of the tree. The stub had three roost holes, and some storage holes. One bird roosted much earlier than the other two.